Are the scores of everyone who took the LSAT at Southwestern U (like myself) on hold?

How about other testing centers in the LA area?

I talked to an LSAC rep today and she said that they haven't even decided what options to extend. Anybody hear differently? Anybody got a letter? Do the letters come postal service or email? . . . because one rep told me snail mail (sigh).

When will LA people get their scores? . . . (no justice no peace tiem nao?)

Someone in front of me at a law school info day asked a similar question to an admissions individual and I overheard. Basically, she said that in situations where an entire test center was distracted by something (say a fire, natural disaster, alarm going off), it is appropriate to write an addendum explaining what happened and that it hurt your test score. She said that admissions committees are almost always aware of such situations happening and that if you show that you were one of the test-takers that experienced it, they will take that into consideration when looking at your score. Hope that helped!

I was at Southwestern and got my score. But I didn't complain because we were already on the writing section. It wasn't very noticeable in the smaller building anyways. Good luck, I hope you guys get something.

giraffe28 wrote:Someone in front of me at a law school info day asked a similar question to an admissions individual and I overheard. Basically, she said that in situations where an entire test center was distracted by something (say a fire, natural disaster, alarm going off), it is appropriate to write an addendum explaining what happened and that it hurt your test score. She said that admissions committees are almost always aware of such situations happening and that if you show that you were one of the test-takers that experienced it, they will take that into consideration when looking atlaughing at and throwing away your score. Hope that helped!

Might be wise to consider a retake if your score was adversely affected. Schools don't want your LSAT score as a measure of your ability, which might be tainted by suboptimal conditions. They want it to report to USNWR and there's no column for 'earthquake LSAT'

giraffe28 wrote:Someone in front of me at a law school info day asked a similar question to an admissions individual and I overheard. Basically, she said that in situations where an entire test center was distracted by something (say a fire, natural disaster, alarm going off), it is appropriate to write an addendum explaining what happened and that it hurt your test score. She said that admissions committees are almost always aware of such situations happening and that if you show that you were one of the test-takers that experienced it, they will take that into consideration when looking atlaughing at and throwing away your score. Hope that helped!

Might be wise to consider a retake if your score was adversely affected. Schools don't want your LSAT score as a measure of your ability, which might be tainted by suboptimal conditions. They want it to report to USNWR and there's no column for 'earthquake LSAT'

Entirely agree with you, just wanted to share what I'd overheard in case someone "can't retake or whatnot